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his father, regarded M. Toukholka’s visit with some suspicion, but treated
him very hospitably.
Mods. Varin, of whom mention was made in last year’s report, also paid a
short* visit to Kuwait during the year, evidently to seek trading facilities from
the Shaikh, but without success.
On the 24th February, Captain Birdwood (First Assistant Resident),
, . „ . .. ^ . , arrived from Bushire by the R. I. M. S.
Tours and v.s.ts of Br.t.sh offiaaia. .. Lawrence ” and, after paying a short
visit to Shaikh Mubarak in connection with the suppression of the arms
traffic, left for Bahrain.
The Resident visited Kuwait twice during the year, in April and again
in August.
Political Agenfs Tours.—The Political Agent made a month’s tour
to the south-west and west of Kuwait, in February, his route being to As-
Safa, thence to Hafar, along A1 Batin, nearly to Safwan in the north and
back to Kuwait, the distance covered being over 4G0 miles marching. The
tour was a particularly interesting one, as a good deal of fresh ground was
covered and some unmapped country roughly surveyed. There were, besides,
some wild incidents which furnished experience of Bedouin methods of fight­
ing and relieved the tedium of marching. The tour was reported in detail at
the time and need not be recapitulated here.
The Political Agent visited His Britannic Majesty’s Consuls at Basrah
and Mohammcrah twice during the year in the Agency*steam launch “Lewis
Pelly first in June and again in December.
In the last week of August he also visited the Pearl Banks and the Politi­
cal Agent at Bahrain, in the steam launch “ Lewis Pelly,” proceeding thence to
Bushirc and returning to Kuwait, on the 8th September.
On the 24th December the Political Agent accompanied His Excellency
Admiral Slade to Bushire by the R. I. M. S. “ Lawrence.” He returned to
Kuwait on the 27th leaving for Debai on the following day under orders from
the Resident in connection with the suppression of the arms traffic. He
returned to Kuwait, however, on the 3rd January 1911.
The charge of the Agency was held
Political Changes. by Captain AY. H. I. Shakespear through­
out the year.
W. H. I SHAJvESPEAR, Captain,
Political .4 gen t, Ku wait.
Kuwait ;
The 14th February 1911.

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